For months, outside the Dallas Police Department’s Northeast patrol bureau on Northwest Highway, officers in patrol cars have spent days and nights on security detail monitoring who goes in and out.
That’s because the entry and exit gate is inoperable, and there are large openings in the iron fence surrounding the property.
“Security around police facilities is very important,” said Sgt. Sheldon Smith, with the National Black Police Association. “I think that if a gate’s not working, it needs to be immediately fixed.”…